Last book you read??
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Last book you read??
Yeaa i know, but it's been a while.
I just finished reading Terry Waite's autobiography (you youngsters can go look him up) And i think i had one of those life changing fings whilst reading it. It totally humbled me, brought into perspective whats important...or rather what should be important.
Somthing happened to me this last couple of years, i'm starting to chain-read......age??
Anyway, my last book was "Taken in Trust" by Terry Waite.
I just finished reading Terry Waite's autobiography (you youngsters can go look him up) And i think i had one of those life changing fings whilst reading it. It totally humbled me, brought into perspective whats important...or rather what should be important.
Somthing happened to me this last couple of years, i'm starting to chain-read......age??
Anyway, my last book was "Taken in Trust" by Terry Waite.
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This Rough Magic By Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint & Dave Freer
It's part 2 of a duology (so far anyhow), and is set in a past Venice, where magic worked.
Highly Recommended!
It's part 2 of a duology (so far anyhow), and is set in a past Venice, where magic worked.
Highly Recommended!
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I read all of his books. You won't be sorry you bought them all nnd Digital Fortress is great.HaAGen DaZS wrote:almost finished Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I'm going to buy Digital Fortress.. I may as well read all of his books
Once i finish the DVC I'#ll go back and finish Beyond the Bass Clef, by Tony Levin.
If you haven't finished DVC yet, and really enjoyed it, do what I did. Don't read the last chapter. Reread it from the beginning again then complete it. You will be surprised what you missed in the first read.
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I lvoe Dan Brown. I know he's not an exceptional writer - all his books do follow a particuler style, but I really enjoy them. I don't think I could go back to the beginning before the last chapter... I find it hard enough to put down in the middle of the night!Bet51987 wrote:I read all of his books. You won't be sorry you bought them all nnd Digital Fortress is great.HaAGen DaZS wrote:almost finished Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I'm going to buy Digital Fortress.. I may as well read all of his books
Once i finish the DVC I'#ll go back and finish Beyond the Bass Clef, by Tony Levin.
If you haven't finished DVC yet, and really enjoyed it, do what I did. Don't read the last chapter. Reread it from the beginning again then complete it. You will be surprised what you missed in the first read.
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I enjoyed the davinci code, but the hype surrounding it made me VERY disparaging. Suffice to say I think that it was overreaction to the extreme.
I just finished a Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series... so shoot me I love high fantasy). I am going to reread the Wheel of Time books before book 11 comes out now. That's like, late october, so I have some serious reading to do.
I just finished a Clash of Kings (George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series... so shoot me I love high fantasy). I am going to reread the Wheel of Time books before book 11 comes out now. That's like, late october, so I have some serious reading to do.
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"Something Rotten" by Jasper Fforde - the 3rd in the "Thursday Next" series.
"Crimes against Logic" by Jamie Whyte.
One excellent, inventive fiction, the other a short but fascinating, very readable, and eye-opening introduction to logical analysis, allowing you to discern the truth when bombarded by the BS politicians, religious leaders and other "serial offenders" throw at us constantly.
"Crimes against Logic" by Jamie Whyte.
One excellent, inventive fiction, the other a short but fascinating, very readable, and eye-opening introduction to logical analysis, allowing you to discern the truth when bombarded by the BS politicians, religious leaders and other "serial offenders" throw at us constantly.
i've only a few pages left of Secrets of a Telephone Psychic.
recently started The Cultural Creatives.
as for fiction:
am about 1/4 into Green Mars.
On thursday, along with the 2 first books i mentioned, i also bought HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, figure i'd better read it eventually or i might loose my "geek" image. it's a surprisingly small book, only around 180 pages - is that right?
recently started The Cultural Creatives.
as for fiction:
am about 1/4 into Green Mars.
On thursday, along with the 2 first books i mentioned, i also bought HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, figure i'd better read it eventually or i might loose my "geek" image. it's a surprisingly small book, only around 180 pages - is that right?
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No kidding? Me too.punisher wrote:I'm reading Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six for the first time. Good read so far.
The last book I FINISHED was Labor's Untold Story by Richard O. Boyer and Herbert M. Morals. The authors grossly overstated the facts in quite a few places, which brings me to my next school assignment... a response paper. Blech.
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Darktalyn, RE: WOT Series... Ten thousand pages later, you'll still be no closer to the end of the series... For the love of God man, STOP NOW, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!! In all seriousness, I read 300+ novels a year, and dropped this series back at book 3 or 4 due to the high filler:content ratio. YMMV. I do, after all, enjoy the Sword of Truth Series.
Currently, I'm waiting on the following books to be published...
David Weber's "At All Costs" (Honor Harrington Book 11)
GRRM's "A Feast for Crows" (Song of Ice & Fire Book 4)
Currently, I'm waiting on the following books to be published...
David Weber's "At All Costs" (Honor Harrington Book 11)
GRRM's "A Feast for Crows" (Song of Ice & Fire Book 4)
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DT: did I say clash of kings? I meant storm of swords. I did thing book 2 was superior, as there are a lot of plot reset mechanisms in storm of swords. Around the fourth time Arya escaped from the latest person to capture her and set out for Riverrun I almost set the book on fire.
Bunyip you're terrible. First of all, you have to at least make it to book 6 of the WoT, generally considered one of the best. Second of all... Terry Goodkind? Over RJ? YOU ARE MAKING MY BRAIN BLEED. Sword of Truth is one of the few fantasy series I actually gave up on before the end (the last one I read Richard was in the old world and starting some sort of revolution).
Bunyip you're terrible. First of all, you have to at least make it to book 6 of the WoT, generally considered one of the best. Second of all... Terry Goodkind? Over RJ? YOU ARE MAKING MY BRAIN BLEED. Sword of Truth is one of the few fantasy series I actually gave up on before the end (the last one I read Richard was in the old world and starting some sort of revolution).
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Heh. Aside from the high fluff:content ratio, not least of the many reasons I detest the WOT series is the alphabet soup names in such profusion and similarity with no rationale for same.
I quit reading the series in 1994, and good riddance! When I can grab the whole series at a used book shop cheap, I'll probably take another crack at it... but not until then.
I quit reading the series in 1994, and good riddance! When I can grab the whole series at a used book shop cheap, I'll probably take another crack at it... but not until then.
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Phoenix, I do agree with you about Arya's story arc giving the feel of running around in a circle. But you have to admit, by the end of book3, it sounded like her POV was about to get very interesting
What can I say about WOT? I've heard people tell me over and over the books get worse, but I've also heard people say that the first 6 are pretty good. I've found Eye of the World to be enjoyable if a bit stereotypical... I'll probably go through book 6 and decide at that point if I want to continue.
What can I say about WOT? I've heard people tell me over and over the books get worse, but I've also heard people say that the first 6 are pretty good. I've found Eye of the World to be enjoyable if a bit stereotypical... I'll probably go through book 6 and decide at that point if I want to continue.
I've read the first two books and have the next two sitting around somewhere; they were somewhat long-winded in my opinion, and from where I'm at in the series, I can't even fathom how it can reach 11 or 12 books. I've accused it in the past of being too derivative of Tolkien, but then again, just about every epic fantasy ever written has taken either inspiration or material from him, either as a tribute or as downright ripping, so I really can't complain. If nothing else, I'll just keep reading to find out what happens.
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heh... Long winded? Robert Jordan?
Somehow a 250-300 page novel manages to sprawl over 800+ pages, and Jordan doesn't really have enough to say to make it interesting to me in those additional 500 pages.
Personal preference plays a large part, as I've admitted before. I much prefer the tightly woven lyricism of Zelazny's Lord of Light, where every sentence resonates with evocation, to the rambling sprawl of certain writers.
Somehow a 250-300 page novel manages to sprawl over 800+ pages, and Jordan doesn't really have enough to say to make it interesting to me in those additional 500 pages.
Personal preference plays a large part, as I've admitted before. I much prefer the tightly woven lyricism of Zelazny's Lord of Light, where every sentence resonates with evocation, to the rambling sprawl of certain writers.
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The Bourne Ultimatum, by Robert Ludlum, though I didn't finish it. It was the same stuff over and over again, a story that should have ended on page 150 (or book 2), but apparently Ludlum felt the need to keep going and going and going.
So I'm looking to now read Airframe, by Michael Crichton, as I hear it's good.
The last book I finished was The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy, which was very good, though if you can only read one Clancy book, make it The Bear and the Dragon.
So I'm looking to now read Airframe, by Michael Crichton, as I hear it's good.
The last book I finished was The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy, which was very good, though if you can only read one Clancy book, make it The Bear and the Dragon.